patapata
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧pa‧ta
Noun
patapata
- any of several damsels:
- the Philippine damsel (Pomacentrus philippinus)
- the Cape Verde gregory (Stegastes imbricatus)
- the lemon damsel (Pomacentrus moluccensis)
- the sapphire damsel (Pomacentrus pavo)
- the goldback damsel (Pomacentrus nigromanus)
- the Reid's damsel (Pomacentrus reidi)
- the yellow chromis (Chromis analis)
- the Alexander's damsel (Pomacentrus alexanderae)
- the threespot damsel (Pomacentrus tripunctatus)
- the brown damsel (Pomacentrus opisthostigma)
- the Smith's damsel (Pomacentrus smithi)
- the brackish damsel (Pomacentrus taeniometopon)
- the green puller (Chromis cinerascens)
- the brown damsel (Pomacentrus opisthostigma)
- the chocolatedip chromis (Chromis dimidiata)
- the doublebar chromis (Chromis opercularis)
- the cerulean damsel (Pomacentrus caeruleus)
- the Indonesian damsel (Pomacentrus melanochir)
- the blackspot damsel (Pomacentrus stigma)
- the Bleeker's damsel (Chrysiptera bleekeri)
Gun
Alternative forms
Etymology
Likely from Yoruba pátápátá, cognates include Fon kpátákpátá, Krio kpatakpata, Nigerian Pidgin kpatakpata, Basa kpátákpátá, Lukpa kpátákpátá, Akpes kpátákpátá, Olukumi kpátákpátá
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k͡pá.tá.k͡pá.tá/
Adverb
pátápátá (Nigeria)
Japanese
Romanization
patapata
Nigerian Pidgin
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k͡pá.tá.k͡pá.tá/
Adverb
patapata or pátápátá
- alternative form of kpatakpata (“completely”)
Yoruba
Alternative forms
- پَتَپَتَ
Etymology
Reduplication of pátá. Cognates include Basa kpátákpátá, Lukpa kpátákpátá, Akpes kpátákpátá, Olukumi kpátákpátá, Nupe kpáátá.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k͡pá.tá.k͡pá.tá/
Adverb
pátápátá
- completely
- Wọ́n ti jẹ àkàrà yẹn tán pátápátá ― They finshed the akara completely
Descendants
- → Nigerian Pidgin: kpatakpata, patapata
- → Gun: kpátákpátá, pátápátá
- → Fon: kpátákpátá
- → Krio: kpatakpata